<b>WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE &bull;&#160;The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1&#160;<i>New York Times&#160;</i>bestselling author of the Oprah&rsquo;s Book Club pick&#160;<i>Olive, Again</i></b><br><b>&#160;</b><br><b>&ldquo;Fiction lovers, remember this name:&#160;<i>Olive Kitteridge</i>. . . . You&rsquo;ll never forget her.&rdquo;<i>&mdash;USA Today</i></b><br><b>&#160;</b><br><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK&#160;OF THE YEAR BY <i>The Washington Post Book World </i>&bull; <i>USA Today </i>&bull; <i>San Francisco Chronicle </i>&bull; <i>Chicago Tribune </i>&bull; <i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer </i>&bull; <i>People </i>&bull; <i>Entertainment Weekly </i>&bull; <i>The Christian Science Monitor </i>&bull; <i>The Plain Dealer </i>&bull; <i>The Atlantic </i>&bull; <i>Rocky Mountain News </i>&bull; <i>Library Journal</i></b><br>&#160;<br>At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn&rsquo;t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive&rsquo;s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.<br><br>As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life&mdash;sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty.&#160;<i>Olive Kitteridge&#160;</i>offers profound insights into the human condition&mdash;its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.<br>&#160;<br><b>The inspiration for the Emmy Award&ndash;winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Bill Murray</b>

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